Melchior system

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The Melchior system, "a reference in all taxonomic courses",[1] is a classification system detailing the taxonomic system of the Angiospermae according to A. Engler's Syllabus der Pflanzenfamilien (1964),[2] also known as "modified or updated" Engler system.

The collaborators in orders (and some families) were the following:

  • Hans Melchior in Casuarinales, Juglandales, Balanopales, Leitneriales, Salicales, Fagales, Urticales, Didiereaceae, Piperales, Aristolochiales, Guttiferales, Sarraceniales, Papaverales, Hydrostachyales, Podostemonales, Julianiales, Violales, Cucurbitales, Myrtiflorae, Umbelliflorae, Primulales, Tubiflorae, Plantaginales, Liliiflorae p. p., Spathiflorae and Microspermae.
  • G. Buchheim in Proteales, Cactales, Magnoliales and Ranunculales.
  • W. Schultze-Motel in Santalales, Balanophorales, Medusandrales, Rhamnales, Malvales, Diapensiales, Ericales and Cyperales.
  • Th. Eckardt in Polygonales, Centrospermae, Batales, Plumbaginales, Helobiae, Triuridales and Pandanales.
  • G. K. Schultze-Menz in Rosales.
  • H. Scholz in Geraniales, Rutales, Sapindales and Celastrales.
  • in Thymelaeales, Ebenales, Oleales, Gentianales, Dipsacales and Campanulales.
  • U. Hamann in Cyanastraceae, Pontederiaceae, Philydraceae, Juncales, Bromeliales and Commelinales.
  • E. Potztal in Graminales, Principes, Synanthae and Scitamineae.

subdivisio Angiospermae[]

classis Monocotyledoneae[]

ordo Helobiae[]

subordo
subordo
subordo
  • Scheuchzeriaceae
subordo

ordo Triuridales[]

ordo Liliiflorae[]

subordo
subordo
subordo
  • Iridaceae
  • Geosiridaceae
subordo
subordo

ordo Juncales[]

ordo Bromeliales[]

  • Bromeliaceae

ordo Commelinales[]

subordo
subordo
subordo
subordo
  • Flagellariaceae

ordo Graminales[]

  • Gramineae or Poaceae

ordo Principes[]

  • Palmae or Arecaceae

ordo Synanthae[]

  • Cyclanthaceae

ordo Spathiflorae[]

  • Araceae
  • Lemnaceae

ordo Pandanales[]

ordo Cyperales[]

  • Cyperaceae

ordo Scitamineae[]

ordo Microspermae[]

  • Orchidaceae

classis Dicotyledoneae[]

subclassis Archychlamydeae[]

ordo Casuarinales[]
ordo Juglandales[]
ordo []
  • Balanopaceae
ordo Leitneriales[]
  • Leitneriaceae
  • Didymelaceae
ordo Salicales[]
  • Salicaceae
ordo Fagales[]
  • Betulaceae
  • Fagaceae
ordo Urticales[]
  • Rhoipteleaceae
  • Ulmaceae
  • Moraceae
  • Urticaceae
  • Eucommiaceae
ordo Proteales[]
ordo Santalales[]
subordo
  • Olacaceae
  • Dipentodontaceae
  • Opiliaceae
  • Grubbiaceae
  • Santalaceae
  • Misodendraceae
subordo
  • Loranthaceae
ordo Balanophorales[]
  • Balanophoraceae
ordo []
  • Medusandraceae
ordo Polygonales[]
  • Polygonaceae
ordo Centrospermae[]
subordo
subordo Portulacineae
subordo Caryophyllineae
  • Caryophyllaceae
subordo
  • Chenopodiaceae
  • Amaranthaceae
incertae sedis
ordo Cactales[]
  • Cactaceae
ordo Magnoliales[]
ordo Ranunculales[]
subordo
subordo
ordo Piperales[]
ordo Aristolochiales[]
ordo Guttiferales[]
subordo
  • Dilleniaceae
  • Paeoniaceae
  • Crossosomataceae
  • Medusagynaceae
  • Actinidiaceae
  • Eucryphiaceae
subordo
subordo
  • Theaceae
  • Caryocaraceae
  • Marcgraviaceae
  • Quiinaceae
  • Guttiferae or Clusiaceae
subordo
ordo Sarraceniales[]
ordo Papaverales[]
subordo
  • Papaveraceae
subordo
  • Capparaceae
  • Cruciferae or Brassicaceae
  • Tovariaceae
subordo
  • Resedaceae
subordo
  • Moringaceae
ordo Batales[]
  • Bataceae
ordo Rosales[]
subordo
subordo
subordo
subordo
ordo []
  • Hydrostachyaceae
ordo Podostemales[]
  • Podostemaceae
ordo Geraniales[]
subordo
  • Limnanthaceae
subordo
  • Oxalidaceae
  • Geraniaceae
  • Tropaeolaceae
  • Zygophyllaceae
  • Linaceae
  • Erythroxylaceae
  • subordo
  • Euphorbiaceae
  • Daphniphyllaceae
ordo Rutales[]
subordo
subordo
  • Malpighiaceae
  • Trigoniaceae
  • Vochysiaceae
subordo
ordo Sapindales[]
subordo
  • Coriariaceae
subordo
  • Anacardiaceae
subordo
subordo
  • Balsaminaceae
ordo []
  • Julianiaceae
ordo Celastrales[]
subordo
subordo
subordo
ordo Rhamnales[]
ordo Malvales[]
subordo
subordo
subordo
subordo
  • Scytopetalaceae
ordo Thymelaeales[]
  • Family Geissolomataceae
    • Monotypic. It consists of genus Geissoloma Lindl. ex Kunth, and species Geissoloma marginatum, from Cape, South Africa.
  • Family Penaeaceae from South Africa.
    • Tribe Endonemeae
      • Endonema A.Juss.
      • (Endl.) A.DC.
    • Tribe Penaeeae
      • A.Juss.
      • Penaea L.
      • Saltera Bullock (syn.:Sarcocolla Kunth)

Note: R.Dahlgren, 1968 is posterior to the publication of this work, and A.Juss. was included by G. Bentham & J.D. Hooker in Penaea.

Note: the classification of Thymelaeaceae was based on Domke 1934.[3]

    • Subfamily Gonystyloideae (Syn.:Gonystylaceae)
      • Amyxa
      • Gonystylus
    • Subfamily Aquilarioideae
      • Tribe Microsemmateae
      • Tribe Solmsieae
      • Tribe Octolepideae
      • Tribe Aquilarieae
    • Subfamily Gilgiodaphnoideae (or Synandrodaphnoideae)
      • Monotypic. It consists of genus Gilgiodaphne (currently synonym of Synandrodaphne Gilg), and species Gilgiodaphne paradoxa, syn. of , from West Africa.
    • Subfamily Thymelaeoideae
      • Tribe Dicranolepideae
      • Tribe Phalerieae
      • Tribe Daphneae
      • Tribe Thymelaeeae (Syn.:Gnidieae)
  • Family Elaeagnaceae
ordo Violales[]
subordo
subordo
subordo
subordo
subordo
subordo
ordo Cucurbitales[]
  • Cucurbitaceae
ordo Myrtiflorae[]
subordo
subordo
  • Hippuridaceae
subordo
  • Cynomoriaceae
ordo []

subclassis Sympetalae[]

ordo Diapensiales[]
ordo Ericales[]
  • Clethraceae
  • Pyrolaceae
  • Ericaceae
  • Empetraceae
  • Epacridaceae
ordo Primulales[]
  • Theophrastaceae
  • Myrsinaceae
  • Primulaceae
ordo Plumbaginales[]
  • Plumbaginaceae
ordo Ebenales[]
subordo
subordo
ordo []
  • Oleaceae
ordo Gentianales[]
ordo Tubiflorae[]
subordo
subordo
subordo
subordo
subordo
subordo
  • Phrymaceae
ordo Plantaginales[]
ordo Dipsacales[]
ordo Campanulales[]
  • Campanulaceae
  • Sphenocleaceae
  • Pentaphragmataceae
  • Goodeniaceae
  • Brunoniaceae
  • Stylidiaceae
  • Calyceraceae
  • Compositae or Asteraceae

References[]

  1. ^ Swift, Lloyd H. (1974). Botanical Classifications. Hamden, Connecticut,USA: Archon Books. ISBN 0-208-01455-1.
  2. ^ H. Melchior (1964). Adolf Engler (ed.). Syllabus der Pflanzenfamilien (12th ed.). I. Band: Allgemeiner Teil. Bakterien bis Gymnospermen. II. Band: Angiospermen.
  3. ^ Domke, W. (1934).Untersuchungen über die geographische und systematische Gliederung der Thymelaeaceae. Biblioth. Bot. 111:1-151.

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